Summergate’s producers top Wine Spectator’s Top 100 List 2015

30th Nov. 2015 / Summergate News · Summergate

Source: Wine Spectator

Each year, Wine Spectator editors survey the wines reviewed over the previous 12 months and select their Top 100, based on quality, value, availability and excitement. This annual list honors successful wineries, regions and vintages around the world, and this year, with seven of Summergate’s wineries making the list!

Click here to see the full list, or see below for the Summergate wineries that made the list this year. A number of these wines available in China through Summergate, so enjoy and share the good news!

Rank

Wine

Score

4

Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino 2010:

Rich, with excellent density, ripe cherry
and plum fruit, and a well-integrated structure. Licorice, earth and tobacco
notes add depth while this cruises to a long, tobacco- and mineral-tinged
finish. Shows balance and grip. Best from 2018 through 2033. 18,000 cases
made. —BS

Alluring for its plush texture and
impressive for its depth, this red delivers plum, currant, licorice, tar and
mineral flavors that are rich and focused. The firm tannins are
well-integrated, kept lively by fresh acidity. Smoke and floral notes mingle
on the long finish. Drink now through 2031. 30,000 cases made. —TM

Supple wild berry,
cherry and plum flavors are both powerful and delicate, with details of Earl
Grey tea, white pepper, anise and crushed rock. Expansive and expressive, the
finish sails on and on, with satiny tannins that never get in the way. Drink
now through 2030. 5,174 cases made. —MW

95

61

Clarendon Hills Grenache Clarendon Romas
2009:

This has terrific presence, with
dark berry, cherry and floral flavors on a taut frame, expanding on the
finish against nubby tannins that linger expressively and intensely. Best
from 2017 through 2021. 500 cases imported. —HS

95

85

Hecht & Bannier Cotes du
Roussillon-Villages 2011:

A rich and
extracted style, with luscious dark fruit, blackberry and tar flavors that
are well-structured. Features hints of licorice snap midpalate, leading to a
long finish of dark chocolate and cream. Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre and
Carignan. Drink now through 2020. 700 cases imported. —KM

91

96

Bouchard Père & Fils Beaune Teurons
Domaine 2012:

Vibrant and juicy, this
red offers black cherry flavors, with accents of licorice, spice and floral.
Silky and rich, with fine balance and a lingering aftertaste of fruit and
spice. Drink now through 2024. 200 cases imported. —BS